The Pono Smile

2014-10-202016-10-26 ezzy

This might actually go mainstream, look at this financial show fawning over Pono:

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My HD Digital Audio Life Begins Soon

2014-10-082019-09-27 ezzy

My new sexy little digital audio player (aka DAP) is arriving at the end of this month. I was an early supporter of PonoMusic and their PonoPlayer on kickstarter, so not only will I have one of the first … Read the rest

HD Apple Rumors Swirling

2014-05-132016-10-02 ezzy

Rumors are flying that Apple is about to include 24-bit audio in it’s new iOS products, both from the software end of things and hardware – updating the Lightning cable for faster interconnects when HD Audio is being used with … Read the rest

A New Audio Era

2014-03-292016-08-12 ezzy

High Fidelity Audio Enters The Digital Age – Slashdot

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Hi There I’m Walkman 2014

2014-03-282015-02-26 ezzy

Neil Young’s preaching has been working — Sony recently announced their latest WalkMan, the 35th Anniversary model, and it’s pretty bad-ass. Save the Audio!

That little slab of gadget-lust has got hi-fi audio specs (DAC, amp, wiring, shielding), excellent … Read the rest

Resolution, Not Frequency Range

2014-03-272015-08-25 ezzy

Anyone arguing about audio and getting stuck on the overall hearing range of humans is actually missing the point.

What digital audio has really been doing is giving us lower resolutions on the sounds we can hear.

Have you ever

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Bad Science + Business Interests = Trouble

2014-03-202016-10-21 ezzy

Computer geeks know lots of things. The sheer breadth of stuff that geeks have crammed in their head is impressive.

But their major mistake is often not acknowledging their own ignorance. Many have come up in a world so digitally … Read the rest

The First LP… ever

2014-03-032017-05-31 ezzy

The year was 1948. The funk was about to go mobile.

Colombia debuted the 33 1/3 RPM long playing vinyl disc.

Some serious fiddle by this guy playing this. The breakdown run at 0:34 is amazing.

The audio linked … Read the rest

Through Being Cool

2014-02-202015-08-17 ezzy

Bob Casale, guitarist and programmer for DEVO passed away yesterday. Here’s a tribute from his brother.

DEVO is one of the most important bands in history. They are not the easiest to listen to. They don’t have the largest … Read the rest

Library sticks 1 million pics on Flickr and asks for help making them useful

2014-02-092016-11-21 ezzy

Fun times if you are looking to kill a few hundred hours….

British Library sticks 1 million pics on Flickr, asks for help making them useful | Ars Technica.

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The Rise of High Definition Audio – Save The Audio!

2013-03-192019-10-14 ezzy

Finally, I’m not alone on the internet! Someone agrees it’s time to retire the MP3 and bring on high def digital audio.

We keep upping the resolution of our digital lives but seem to have neglected sound … Read the rest

I Support Pono

2012-10-042016-11-22 ezzy

I love this idea.

Neil Young finally got his wish to attempt to restore audio fidelity to our lives. They are calling the thing Pono and most of the press reports on it present it as a battle with … Read the rest

Replacement Theory

2012-05-222020-04-15 ezzy

I’ve never been clear on the difference in “replace” and “displace”, I just know that tablets are the future and people who degrade them as faddish or toys are in denial. I type this before hitting the dictionary to see….… Read the rest